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ZIPwire™ M00146165B0Recalls & reported problems

Lake Region Medical · Class 2

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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 08714729763987), received between Jul 19, 2023 and Jul 19, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Damaged by Another Device” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Device Damaged by Another Device1
  • Material Split, Cut or Torn1

Patient problems

  • Foreign Body In Patient1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJul 19, 2023Device Damaged by Another Device; Material Split, Cut or Torn; Device Damaged by Another Device; Material Split, Cut or Torn

    EVENT DESCRIPTION: IT WAS REPORTED THAT: ON THE AFTERNOON OF (B)(6) 2023 IN OPERATING ROOM 18 THEY WERE PERFORMING A NEPHROSTOMY AND THEY USED THIS DEVICE, LEAVING A LONGITUDINAL THREAD INSIDE THE PATIENT WHEN REMOVING THE GUIDE WIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED JULY 11, 2023: 1. PER EVENT, "LEAVING A LONGITUDINAL THREAD INSIDE THE PATIENT WHEN REMOVING THE GUIDE WIRE". PLEASE FURTHER CLARIFY. -THAT'S THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. 2. PLEASE FURTHER DESCRIBE THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE DETACHED COMPONENT IN THE PATIENT. (IT IS UNCLEAR IF SNARING ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, THE DEVICE MIGRATED POST DETACHMENT, IS LODGED IN AN UNREACHABLE LOCATION, ETC). PLEASE BE SPECIFIC. -IT WAS NOT A DECISION, IT WAS AN ISSUE OF THE GUIDEWIRE THAT BROKE INSIDE OF THE PATIENT AND DUE TO THIS, THEY CAN'T RECOUP THE BROKEN PART LEFT THERE. 3. HOW WAS THE DEVICE REMOVED (I.E SNARING, OTHER RETRIEVAL DEVICES OR INVASIVE TECHNIQUES OR WAS IT SIMPLY REMOVED AS A WHOLE ALL TOGETHER)? LIKE USUALLY. 4. WHAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE PATIENT? STABLIZED. 5. HOW WAS THE PROCEDURE COMPLETED? (WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE, WITH A DIFFERENT DEVICE, RESCHEDULED, OR POSTPONED.) DON'T KNOW. 6. PER FDA

    Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

    MAUDE report 17349972 ↗

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